Gera Midirna Keya Gebriel ("Gera Midir and Keya Gebriel") was one of the 105

woreda Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''List of zones of Ethiopia, zones'' and the ''Regions of Ethiopia, regional states''. These districts are f ...

s in the

Amhara Region The Amhara Region (), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people, Amhara, Awi people, Awi, Xamir people, Xamir, Argobba people, Argobba, a ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

. It is partly named after the northern district of the former province of

Menz Menz or Manz (, romanized: ''Mänz'') is a former Subdivisions of Ethiopia, subdivision of Ethiopia, located inside the boundaries of the modern Semien Shewa Zone (Amhara), Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region. William Cornwallis Harris describe ...

, Gera Meder. Located at the eastern edge of the

Ethiopian highlands The Ethiopian Highlands (also called the Abyssinian Highlands) is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous area of its elevation in the continent, with little of its surface falling below , whil ...

in the Semien Shewa Zone, Gera Midira Keya Gebriel was bordered on the south by

Mam Midrina Lalo Midir Mam Midrina Lalo Midir (Amharic "Mam-land and Lalo-land") was one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It was named in part after the central and southern districts of the former province of Menz, Mama Meder and Lalo Meder. Located ...

, on the southwest by the

Jamma River The Jamma River (Amharic: ጃማ) is a river in central Ethiopia and a tributary to the Abay River, Abay (or Blue Nile). It drains parts of the Semien Shewa Zones of the Semien Shewa Zone (Amhara), Amhara and Semien Shewa Zone (Oromia), Oromia Re ...

which separated it from

Moretna Jiru Moretna Jeru (Amharic ሞረትና ጅሩ "Moret and Jeru") is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named in part after the historic district of Shewa, Moret, which lay between the Jamma River and the district of Shewa Meda. ...

, on the northwest by the

Qechene River Qechene River is a river of central Ethiopia. It rises near Aiamsa in the Annas Mountains, and flows to the west to join the Wanchet. The watercourse's tributaries include the Ketama and Woia. According to Johann Ludwig Krapf (who calls it the "K ...

which separates it from the

Debub Wollo Zone South Wollo (Amharic: ደቡብ ወሎ) is a zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It acquired its name from the former province of Wollo. South Wollo is bordered on the south by North Shewa and the Oromia Special Zone (Amhara), on the west b ...

, on the north by Gishe, and on the east by the

Oromia Zone The Oromia Zone (; Amharic: ኦሮሚያ ዞን) is a zone in Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Oromia is named for the Oromo people, who settled along the edge of the Ethiopian Highlands that form this Zone. Oromia Zone is bordered on the southwest by ...

. The administrative center of this woreda was Mehal Meda; other towns include Zemero. It was divided for

Menz Gera Midir Menz Gera Midir is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is partly named after the northern district of the former province of Menz, Gera Meder. Located at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the Semien Shewa Zone, Me ...

and

Menz Keya Gebreal Menz Keya Gebreal (Amharic: መንዝ ቀያ ጋብሪኤል) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is part of the Semien Shewa Zone and was formerly included in the larger woreda of Gera Midirna Keya Gebriel. The administrat ...

woredas. Elevations in Gera Midirna Keya Gebriel range between 1000 and 4000 meters above sea level. The highest point in this woreda, as well as the Zone, is

Mount Abuye Meda Abuye Meda (Amharic: አቡዬ ሜዳ) is a mountain plateau located between three woreda's; Gishe in the west, Antsokiyana Gemza to the north, and Efratana Gidim to the south. It is the highest elevation of the Semien Shewa Zone in the Amhara ...

(4012 meters) near the eastern border.

Demographics

Based on figures published by the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency, also known as the Ethiopian Statistical Service (ESS; Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ስታቲስቲክስ አገልግሎት), is an Ethiopian government agency designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that ...

in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 183,027, of whom 92,599 are men and 90,428 are women; 14,014 or 7.66% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 11.8%. With an estimated area of 1,686.88 square kilometers, Gera Midirna Keya Gebriel has an estimated population density of 108.5 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 134.37. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 133,542 in 27,815 households, of whom 66,464 were men and 67,078 were women; 8,054 or 6.03% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Gera Midirna Keya Gebriel was the Amhara (99.91%), and

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

was spoken as a first language by 99.92%. The majority of the inhabitants practiced

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church () is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Christian churches in Africa originating before European colonization of the continent, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church dates bac ...

, with 99.56% reporting that as their religion.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)

Notes

{{Districts of the Amhara Region Districts of Amhara Region